Elena M. Meyer- Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University
Elena M. Meyer
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University
PhD Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University, graduate teaching assistant
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Introduction
I am a PhD Candidate in the Integrated Life Science (ILS) program at Virginia Commonwealth University, based in Richmond, Virginia. I was also a 2022 COVES Science Policy Fellow.
I'm interested in evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, and how environmental change impacts evolutionary trends. I'm currently working on topics relating in plant reproductive biology in angiosperms.
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August 2015 - May 2019
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Publications (4)
Background and Aims
An “abominable mystery”: angiosperm sexual systems have been a source of both interest and frustration for the botanical community since Darwin. The evolutionary stability, overall frequency, and distribution of self-fertilization and mixed-mating systems have been explored in a variety of studies. However, there has been no rec...
Background and Aims
An “abominable mystery”: angiosperm sexual systems have been a source of both interest and frustration for the botanical community since Darwin. The evolutionary stability, overall frequency, and distribution of self-fertilization and mixed-mating systems have been explored in a variety of studies. However, there has been no rec...
Amphicarpic plants produce both above-ground and below-ground seeds. Because below-ground seeds are protected in the soil and may maintain viability when above-ground conditions are stressful, they were proposed as an adaptation to recolonize a site after disturbance. However, whether below-ground seeds are the main colonizers after a disturbance r...
Amphicarphic species produce both aboveground and belowground seeds; the belowground seeds have been proposed to be an adaptation to disturbed sites because they are protected belowground, enabling them to persist and recolonize a site after disturbance. However, it is unknown whether such seeds indeed serve as the main colonizers after a disturban...
